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I finally completed a project I have been working on, which will enable any viewers of this post to actually follow a game, turn by turn. The links to each turn are posted below.
The game is England
difficulty: VeryHard/VeryHard
Goal: Capture all regions (except America) by turn 60
Completed on: Turn 58
Read before commenting:
This was done on an unpatched version of M2TW. In order to play these files, you may need to open it with an unpatched version of M2TW. You can make a copy of your current version and put it in file "Sega 2", and then install the original version. If you want. I know that's probably a pain.
This game uses the crusade exploit (no loss to desertion because of join/leaving the crusade, first 10 turns of a crusade only). You've been told up front. These are my house rules, and the only way to beat the game in 60 turns I believe. I did not use modded versions of the game, hacks, or codes.
Before you say it's easy and cheap... it is challenging. I know most people do not use the crusade exploit, but I justify it because the computer also does not lose soldiers to desertion and the computer cheats in other ways. This is much like playing poker with deuces wild. It's still an even game, but the game is different. And beating the game by turn 60 is not easy even using the crusade tactic.
If you have absolutely no life whatsoever, you can view each and every turn of the game by downloading the links below. Each turn is labeled. Sorry about the order; that is how they arrived via email and I was too lazy to switch them around to look better.
If you have slightly more of a life but are still interested, I recommend viewing the game in 5 turn increments. Or 10. Or whatever you prefer.
At least view turn 1, turn 15, turn 30, turn 45, turn 58. I put a lot of effort into saving each turn and beating the game as fast as possible without using codes, mods, or hacks.
For your convenience, here is the starting turn and the final turn.
Turn 1 shows probably the best first move. Thanks and credit go to SlicenDice for teaching me that it is possible to purchase Angers and Toulouse from France on the first turn.
Turn 58 would have been impossible without the moves on turn 1.
I may annotate this game in the next several days, so check back. I might be providing a blow-by-blow description of the entire game. So even if you DONT want to download any files or try them out on an unmodified game, you may want to see the commentary for each of the 58 moves.
I won't be going into gory details, however, such as moving a spy or a diplomat. Just major events neccessary to finish the game.
HERE IT IS: The updated link which contains all the files for a single download. (zipped)
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Good luck, and thanks for reading my post. :2thumbsup:
06-16-2007, 13:38
Guru
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Not very long long campaigns... Well, congratulations for your quick victories. :applause: Me, I prefer slower paced campaigns with many open field battles. I tend to establish a country with solid borders and then send armies around to challenge enemy armies and maybe take a town or two.
Unfortunately I do not have any insults this time, maybe I'll think of some later. Nor any questions since I'm pretty sure someone else will ask about the life thing. Comments? Well, a good post, I found it interesting enough to read it to the end. :jester: Compliments? (see "insults".) I admit I didn't download anything. (Hey I got a life!) I'm using the patch.
To take screenshots press "Print Scrn" and the game will create a screenshot in the "tgas" folder. You may want to convert them to other file type like .jpg or was it .jpeg. (Someone correct me if I missed something or got something wrong...)
Cheers, Guru
06-16-2007, 13:56
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Guru
To take screenshots press "Print Scrn" and the game will create a screenshot in the "tgas" folder. You may want to convert them to other file type like .jpg or was it .jpeg. (Someone correct me if I missed something or got something wrong...)
...to those of you who may be lost, I use a laptop. There IS no print scrn button on my computer.
I am betting you thought I was a NOOOOOB!
Sucks to be me, then.
Thanks for the advice, though... just a shame my computer doesnt have that button.
06-16-2007, 14:20
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Yes, it's a beefy laptop. My old pc cant even run these games.
06-16-2007, 14:30
Guru
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
Originally Posted by askthepizzaguy
I am betting you thought I was a NOOOOOB!
Actually I got a twisted sense of humour. ~D Those so called "NOOBS" rarely post threads like you did. :bow: Going a bit off-topic but what laptop you have? Btw, check if the print screen button is labelled as "Sys Rq" on your laptop.
-- Guru
06-16-2007, 14:40
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Guru
Actually I got a twisted sense of humour. ~D Those so called "NOOBS" rarely post threads like you did. :bow: Going a bit off-topic but what laptop you have? Btw, check if the print screen button is labelled as "Sys Rq" on your laptop.
-- Guru
I have an HP Pavillion zd8000, customized with the maximum available memory and add-ons. Don't ask me about the specs, because it's all greek to me. Many florins were spent in its acquisition.
All I know is it is very heavy, it overheats, but it handles games like a dream.
By the way, no sys rq button either. I'm lucky I have a number pad.
*Enjoys the fact that this back and forth dialogue is keeping this post visible.
:holmes: You dont need that print scrn button to take screenshots! :logic:
Use a third party screenshot capture program, like Fraps! Take screenshots by pressing "F10" or "ö" if you wish! Its very easy to use... What is more, you can capture videos too. I probably got the "genius" trait, took only this long to figure that out. In fact I tested like 6 screenshot capture programs before recommending Fraps...
-- Guru
06-16-2007, 17:52
darth_napo
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
what's the research thing as mentioned in the title? I found no research thingy at all.
06-16-2007, 18:55
Shahed
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Good post pizzaguy ! IIRC you can also just change the screenshot key to make it any you want it to be in the options. So what's the Princess doing in Jeddah ? (lol) She's trying to hook some rich oil sheikh ! Also, just an idea you could zip all the saves into one file and post em to sendspace, in addition. So that way people can just download the whole thing if they want to browse through the turns.
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Originally Posted by HoreTore
If only women were that easy....
I think they are/can be. If you start a topic on the subject be sure to let me know about it, or if you frequent any other forums where this is already being discussed let me know. Got a lot of theories on that species.
06-16-2007, 20:38
Forward Observer
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Guru
:holmes: You dont need that print scrn button to take screenshots! :logic:
Use a third party screenshot capture program, like Fraps! Take screenshots by pressing "F10" or "ö" if you wish! Its very easy to use... What is more, you can capture videos too. I probably got the "genius" trait, took only this long to figure that out. In fact I tested like 6 screenshot capture programs before recommending Fraps...
-- Guru
I also use FRAPS, but it's hard to find an unused button that does not have some other application in at least one of the games I play, so I chose the Print screen button.
The down side to this is that I am still putting a TGA file in the game screen shot directory that I have to remember to clear out periodically. I don't particularily dislike TGA picture files, but a lot of simple free picture editing software that I use simply can't open them--stuff like Paint, Office picture editor, etc.
What would be the simplist way to disable the screen shot function of the game? (BTW you cannot disable it in the key options of the game--you can add a second key but not remove the Print screen key)
Cheers
06-16-2007, 23:22
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
Originally Posted by HoreTore
If only women were that easy....
What is this... "women".... you speak of? Even more puzzling. My computer doesn't have a button for that either. People have some fancy keyboards these days.
06-16-2007, 23:25
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
Originally Posted by darth_napo
what's the research thing as mentioned in the title? I found no research thingy at all.
Research was the category closest to what I was looking for.
To enable viewers to see a turn-by-turn method of rapidly conquering the world and give them tips on how to do it was my project. I don't think an entire game has been done before, from first to last turn.
06-16-2007, 23:33
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
[QUOTE=Sinan]Good post pizzaguy ! IIRC you can also just change the screenshot key to make it any you want it to be in the options. So what's the Princess doing in Jeddah ?[QUOTE]
1) Does IIRC stand for if I recall?
2) I was unaware that I could chose a print scrn key via the options menu. Thanks!
3) The princess in Jedda is from my France game as I recall. She must have been born and travelled along with her daddy on his non-stop conquer-the-world tour. Then, when he got to Arabia, he decided to ditch her. And no wonder, she's not that charming.
The princesses have pretty faces, but their personalities must be like Paris Hilton or something.
(Looks ok but is stuck-up, has a yappy little dog, sleeps around, and drinks. And did I mention stupid?)
06-16-2007, 23:35
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
I have some homework to do, but I will be responding to everyone's posts, and then I will work on posting SCREENSHOTS and annotating this game.
Upated the links above to a single zipped file. Man, that could have saved me a bunch of work.
06-16-2007, 23:51
YAKOBU
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
askthepizzaguy - IIRC means If I Remember Correctly, which is not to different to If I Recall.
:charge:
06-17-2007, 00:19
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
Originally Posted by YAKOBU
askthepizzaguy - IIRC means If I Remember Correctly, which is not to different to If I Recall.
:charge:
That does it. I'm going to start inventing my own acronyms.
TDIIGTSIMOA!!!
(that does it I'm going to start inventing my own acronyms)
Pronounced "t-DIG-z'mowa". Use it in everyday language.
06-17-2007, 08:51
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
EDIT: first few images lost... see below for some.
06-17-2007, 09:16
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
The images and the rest of the story are hidden... How will you ever find them?
The next target is Bordeaux. Then Spain, then Africa, then Newfoundland, then the world! Also, Rennes has been sacked. In order to expand as fast as possible, I will need to figure out a way to snap up those French cities before I get excommunicated. Methinks ballistas are the way to go...
Just as I sacked Bordeaux, Sicily invades!!! Oh no! Oh woe is me! Curses and Drat! How will I ever survive? Answer: send a diplomat to make nice with the idiots, and crush them later.
06-17-2007, 09:26
Guru
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinan
IIRC you can also just change the screenshot key to make it any you want it to be in the options.
I tried this too before trying any programs, didn't figure out how it worked though. I'm not a wizard when it comes to computers. :surrender2:
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Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
When you post many large pictures it might be wise to "spoiler" them. Some people still may have a slow internet connection. :bow: You can use the fat "B" button between the "php" and "ABC" buttons in the reply window. You could also post them as small, clickable pictures like Jong did here. I don't know how it's done but I'd like to know though.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
:hijacked: :oops: :stupid:
- Guru out.
06-17-2007, 09:36
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
England: The saga continues. Clicky the button.
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Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
https://i205.photobucket.com/albums/...zaguy/0010.jpg
Caernarvon has been sacked... most of Scotlands army is away from Scotland. I seem to have beaten them to the punch, and now they are wide open and I can beat them to a pulp. Oh what horrible jokes...
Get used to them! Bwahahaha!!!
https://i205.photobucket.com/albums/...zaguy/0011.jpg
Sicily lays seige to our castle Sire! We're totally defenseless! Our crappy archers just won't cut it against those treacherous Norman fiends!!! Wait... aren't we Normans too?
P.S. the computer backstabbed me first. Now they are going to get it.
https://i205.photobucket.com/albums/...zaguy/0013.jpg
To Edinburgh! Look how foolish those Scots are, Sire! They have left themselves with a single undefended city, and they are already beginning to reek of death!
https://i205.photobucket.com/albums/...zaguy/0015.jpg
Turn 8: Diplomat reaches Rome and makes nice with the Roman Senate... I mean His Pontificating Pontiff, or as the French call him, 'le Pope'. I urge his Holy-moleyness to call a crusade against the Moors. But first a stop in Bruges and Antwerp. Those 'Twerps fight like twerps. WHAT THE HECK are the Scots doing in Caen??? That's it... I'm declaring war. I get angry easily.
This is for all my homies in Bruges. Those Scots act like they need a friend or something. I took out Bruges with some Ballista so I could take it this turn. Next: The fall of Antwerp.
For some reason, Scotland isn't attacking my helpless undefended settlement. I guess they want me to spare their lives... (this is the first part of the epic tale of Scots in Ireland, a musical opening on Broadway this week. Get your tickets now before they sell out.)
'Twerp has been taken. Those Belgian waffles were delicious. Heading to Spain now.
06-17-2007, 10:16
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Here's the part where I conquer Scotland and really begin crusading.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
https://i205.photobucket.com/albums/...zaguy/0023.jpg
Inverness is the last stop on my tour of the British Isles. Apparently, that is what I named them, even though my King is a Norman. They should be called the English Isles, as my faction is English... or Norman... or maybe they are Communist. I don't know anymore. At least I'm not Welsh.
https://i205.photobucket.com/albums/...zaguy/0030.jpg
Eddie Canmore says that after he kills me, my entire family will be next. He never makes good on this threat. Instead, he and his entire army stand perfectly motionless for the next 50 turns.
06-17-2007, 11:06
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Here's the part where I betray my allies, the French.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
https://i205.photobucket.com/albums/...zaguy/0031.jpg
I lay seige to Eld Cid the Victorious and his band of merry men. Other stack camps in Holy Toledo. It looks like France will get to the target before I will... those treacherous swine!
https://i205.photobucket.com/albums/...zaguy/0038.jpg
Ballistas + Horsies = dead Frenchies. This is for accidentally traspassing into my holy land, which is Caen apparenly. Caen you understand the words that are comming out of my mouth?
That's 40 photos so far, the turn number is 15, and I own the British Isles, half of France, a third of Spain, and Algeria. Not bad for a Welshman.
More photos are coming, so stay tuned. Also feel free to comment.
06-17-2007, 12:10
Guru
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Keep them coming, please. I enjoy those comments...~:thumb:
06-17-2007, 12:42
-Amon-
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Great job askthepizzaguy, keep posts coming !
06-17-2007, 13:00
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
Originally Posted by -Amon-
Great job askthepizzaguy, keep posts coming !
Stay tuned Guru and Amon, my loyal fans...
Daddy has to go to sleep for a few hours, then he will post more photos and commentary. I have almost 300 photos to share.
I believe the correct reaction is: to cream your pants.
06-17-2007, 13:13
-Amon-
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
C'mon, sleeping is an unnecessary reaction :sweatdrop:
:smash:
However, I'm waiting impatiently..:shame:
06-17-2007, 13:17
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Oh very well. I can sleep when I die. Here comes simoa.
06-17-2007, 13:45
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Yet more of my frothing mad conquest of the world. With pictures! And more pithy commentary.
-"What of the reports of rebel forces massing near Sollest?"
-"It is of no concern. Soon the rebellion will be crushed and young Skywalker will be one of us. Your work here is finished, my friend. Go out to the command ship and await my orders."
-"But there's... pirates!"
-"Get on the boat, you big mechanically breathing baby. By the way, you sucked in episode II."
Pamplona, or Pampy for short, is mine. Now I backstab the Spainish AND their treacherous yet adorable Puss n Boots.
https://i205.photobucket.com/albums/...zaguy/0045.jpg
England leaves a swath of destruction all the way to Africa. But, in a saintly sort of way. They may have conquered the world, but they are really polite and cultured. Plus, tea.
His Pompousness the Pope has politely denied my request to continue raping and pillaging the French countryside. Better find a plan B or else this quick conquest will take forever... I know! Let's randomly attack the Germans.
https://i205.photobucket.com/albums/...zaguy/0048.jpg
Nicholas the Saint moves westward to crush the Moors... wait! They have armies that can kill us! We had better be stealthy about it. Hide our massive army of cavalry in those shrubs over there. They aren't hard to find, there's only three of them.
https://i205.photobucket.com/albums/...zaguy/0049.jpg
Oh but the French are begging for me to crush them... can't I, Pope? Can't I? Pretty please? I'll send you some *ahem* tithing florins... after all, God needs money to build His church... and swords, gotta have swords.
https://i205.photobucket.com/albums/...zaguy/0050.jpg
Oh, the Moors have outmaneuvered me. I had better charge straight through them like a drunken idiot and 'accidentally' hit their capital along the way to my boat.
The path to Lisbon is paved with blood. Meanwhile; Leon, Spain's final bastion and sanctuary, is about to become a puppet of the British Empire.
...British? Listen, I gave up a long time ago trying to figure out if I was British, English, Norman... I am all of the above and 1/16th Cherokee. But definitely not Irish.
He foolishly attacks the Moorish capital. It may not be apparent because of the fog of war, but there are a couple stacks just outside of viewing range about to slay me. There's no way to hold the city even if I win.
But then again, pillaging is fun and cripples your foe. So, am I brilliantly stupid, or stupidly brilliant?
Sacked Marrakesh, much to the dismay of the Moors who foolishly didn't crush me when they had the chance. Was it luck, or bad AI programming?
Maybe his Popeiness (oohhh, that's baaaad if you say it wrong) would like this wretched hole as a gift?
Portugal has built her last boat. She will soon be a province of the Mighty Normanobritfrenspanglish Empire. Plus Algeria, but then of course, it would just be too weird.
I mean, who ever heard of the Algerionormanobritospanglishfrenchglish Empire?
...somebody better post a 'lol@Frenchglish'. Let's just say I'm not doing this because it pays well.
I redundantly posted another redundant shot of Toledo. If I were to guess, I would say that I was trying to highlight how the Spanish went rebel. Which is kind of dumb, because you would already know that when I sacked Leon. Poor Leon... he was such a ladies' man.
The vultures are circling... but did you know, France will be dead and gone before I even get to crush them inside those walls? Once the cease hostilities period is over, Frenchie gonna die.
Wait and see.
You watched it.... you can't UN-watch it. Tune in again soon for more...
TALES
OF
INTEREST!!!!
06-17-2007, 15:58
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
It's the thread that is almost entirely supported by myself. People might start to think I am a schitzo.
Me, myself, and I, Tighty Righty and Lefty Lucy will be having tea together. You're all invited to join us and the toes.
You don't know with whom you're dealing... I have been keeping myself occupied for 24 years now.
Seriously, feel free to comment.
06-17-2007, 17:42
Guru
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Blah. People are watching but too afraid to say anything. You know, never disturb a psycho when he is having a chat with himself. :jester:
Btw, lol@Frenchglish.
06-17-2007, 17:53
-Amon-
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Ok,ok askthepizzaguy..
:dizzy2: Look at my eyes..Watch them..Okaaay..Your eyes is getting heaver..Sshhhht... Let's sleep...:fortune: :Zzzz: :Zzzz: :Zzzz: :Zzzz: :Zzzz: :Zzzz: :Zzzz: :Zzzz: :Zzzz: :Zzzz: :Zzzz:
Guru, run for your live my friend,it's our chance :laugh4:
06-19-2007, 06:15
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
The continuing saga. Britain invades Germany, prepares coup de grace of the Moors and the French.
Peacenik Pope finally allows me to smash the French this turn with a sudden, deadly, ballista strike on their king, eliminating them from the game (even though they have 3 other regions). Ballistas are great for annihiliating an entire faction in a single turn to avoid excommunication or cease hostilities messages. Also, I call a crusade on Baghdad! My vast army joins the fight and I gain lots of florins next turn due to no upkeep on most of my troops. My budget woes are finally over!
All is quiet in France. Next turn, I begin massive recruitment here thanks to the extra florins. See those two rebel stacks? Those are potential general makers. Mmm... free generals. Generals + troops = more crusaders.
Walter lands in Algeria in order to avoid being sunk at sea by pirates. Plus, there is a castle there which can recruit good troops to join my sacred quest to slay Baghdad.
The Pope (or Papa Smurf, as I call him) is pretty badass. He has taken at least two provinces, and lords over Rome as well. He has 3 stacks of troops, I believe. So much for 'blessed are the meek'.
Sicily, my ally, has not conquered a single province since I made peace with them. The FOOLS! Even Venice beat them to Tripoli, and the Pope... yes, good ole Papa Smurf... beat them to Tunis. Their incompetence will be their undoing. I expect my allies to be strong.
Crusader troops are easy to recruit in catholic regions. There are usually hordes just waiting to join your cause. Always make a detour through Italy when Crusading.
Also, check out Jerusalem and the surrounding regions. Great crusader troops usually sit right there.
Milan's pathetic little island is about to fall. Does anyone ever actually use Ajaccio for any reason? Here, they wasted florins turning it into a castle. Why? Milan's best early troops come exclusively from cities.
Meanwhile, Venice is about to fall. Believe it or not, they got themselves excommunicated as well by pissing SOMEone off. I don't know or care who.
Venice becomes British state. Beware the Inquisitor. Say... that Greek babe in the purple dress is hot. Maybe I can give her a job at a brothel once I slay her entire family.
Notice how my general left the crusade here. These troops will become the garrison of this newly conquered settlement, ending their crusade, enabling me to attack (with said troops) the Danish, who are NOT excommunicated.
Thessalonica... turn 33. The stage is set for a massacre of Biblical proportions. Will the Purple-wearing Greeks turn back the endless tide of the English army? Or will the English stomp all over their candy asses?
Tune in again soon for the thrilling conclusion of England v. The World.
06-19-2007, 08:07
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
The end of Venice. Egypt gets bloodied up. Russia tastes the back of my hand. The Poles get their first taste of English steel. Denmark feels the pain.
See? I meant it when I said I wanted to wipe the Venetians off the map.
Note the lone ballista laying seige to Zagreb. I like to harass. If they do nothing, it cuts off their trade.
Alexandria has FALLEN! I massacre the local population.
Well, I'm officially a genocidal maniac now. If the rest of the world had any sense they would all simultaneously declare war on me while they had the chance. I never said this campaign was going to be ethical.
Cairo prepares to be slaughtered. Ok, Ok, I'll spare the women and children.
Deep down I'm not such a bad guy. I am "the Saint" after all.
Too bad the crusade is still in effect. I move troops into position to massacre the Polish army. For sentimental reasons, I wish these folks would accept my rule without a fight. I've nothing against the civilians.
I sack Cairo. The Hungarians made it all the way to Baghdad before I did. So, I need pillaging florins. I was, believe it or not, over 30,000 florins in DEBT before I sacked this city.
God, they must have been rich.
Look at the map. Britain's might becomes readily apparent.
With the abrupt conclusion of the crusade, my armies are in place to lay waste to Poland.
Loefwine, by the way, is the only general I ever lose in battle. He will be sorely missed. He is about to be ambushed by another Polish stack hiding out of sight.
He does NOT go down without a bloody fight. This is the only major battle that I lose during the entire campaign. I should have reloaded, but I make it a point to swallow my serious errors and move on. Flukes, like a general getting hit by a ballista or dying for apparently no reason, I reload. Not when they go down fighting brilliantly and bravely.
Had I not attempted to take Breslau with my other stack, he would have survived.
In honor of my fallen comrade, captain Loefwine heads to Timbuktu in order to finish off Africa. This takes a loooooooong time. I barely finish off Africa before the last of the remaining provinces are taken.
More to come. The world shakes in fear as the English juggernaut advances.
06-19-2007, 08:22
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Leave any comments or questions you like. I will respond personally to each one.
The more interest I see, the quicker I will post more of the campaign.
06-19-2007, 13:18
-Amon-
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
:jumping: go askthepizzaguy go !
Anyway,I wonder that how do you prevent from revolts?And how do you make your people happy so much?
I know how I make my people happy but playing as HORDE makes this so difficult:dizzy2: Yeah.. I wonder..
06-19-2007, 13:34
Guru
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
*Sitting in the auditorium with Amon* :director: "Cut! Cut! More feeling! More passion!"
Did you actually fight every battle or did you use auto-resolve?
How was your reputation in the end? Not that it really matters since the other factions are... :flybye:
06-19-2007, 13:48
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
Originally Posted by -Amon-
:jumping: go askthepizzaguy go !
Anyway,I wonder that how do you prevent from revolts?And how do you make your people happy so much?
I know how I make my people happy but playing as HORDE makes this so difficult:dizzy2: Yeah.. I wonder..
I don't worry about revolts from Catholic factions. Only Dijon or high heresy cities are considered a problem. Priests can cure that.
Muslim and orthodox factions either need to be sacked and filled with a garrison, or sacked and sacked and sacked, or exterminated.
If I am in a hurry to get somewhere and I know another crusade will only require an extra turn to pick it back up, I let it revolt.
See Marrakesh, Cairo, Nicaea? I let them revolt and picked them up again later. I had stuff to do.
Sacking and dismantling buildings and moving on CRIPPLES whomever you do that to. Now their city is in disorder and unable to defend itself OR resupply their armies.
This is TOTAL war, not a polite disagreement.
06-19-2007, 13:57
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Guru
*Sitting in the auditorium with Amon* :director: "Cut! Cut! More feeling! More passion!"
Did you actually fight every battle or did you use auto-resolve?
How was your reputation in the end? Not that it really matters since the other factions are... :flybye:
I agree... sorry, not a whole lot of jokes this time. I had an expletive deleted amount of photos to post, and frankly they weren't that funny.
In the beginning of the campaign, there were lots of clever tactics to employ. Now, in the middle game, it is strictly seek, sack, and destroy.
Kind of hard to write clever caption jokes about exterminating egyptians. That's a little dark even for me.
The whole idea of this post is to show the strategy, tactics used, and movement required to make the world your own by turn 58. It wasn't originally intended as a joke piece.
I fought the pitched battles. No sense in fighting a battle an idiot could win. I only use my general skills when there is need for a serious general on the field. When brute force is enough to win, and the tactic is charge, surround and slay, and it's not even a close fight, there is no sense in fighting it yourself.
Closely fought seiges were where I needed to be, and WHENEVER my generals got attacked on the field by a big army, I fought those battles to protect my general (and troops, I suppose... pfft. Peasants.)
Reputation was pretty much disastrous by the end. Whatever the bottom level was, that was me. I betrayed allies, exterminated their cities, and betrayed more allies.
Frankly, I was Germany in world war II. That's what my reputation was like by the end. Unfortunately for the world, the bad guys won this game.
I can shrug that off because it is just a game.
06-19-2007, 14:02
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
There will be more posts soon. I am a college student and homework takes priority over fun, I am afraid.
I do have a question for you... would you folks like me to post all of the rest of the screenshots? I have a bunch. Maybe it would be quicker to post only the big events and describe in detail what happened between shots.
The narrative would move more quickly, but you would miss out on uh... stuff.
06-19-2007, 14:17
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Because I laid waste to the entire world before the Mongols arrived, you were apparently deprived of England's massive armies taking on little Mongolia. I am thinking about extending this post to include the Mongol invasion.
I'll even include screenshots of the battles. Apologies in advance if it seems like Britain is winning them all. Because they will be.
I don't worry too much about the Mongols, they're harmless really. It's so cute the way they try to strike fear into the hearts of mortal men. They are just a bunch of cuddly bunnies to me. Oh, look at the cute little Mongol general with the maxed out dread. I'm shaking, I'm shaking! See him ride the pony into battle like a big boy?
He's got funny looking whiskers, mommy. Can I pet him?
Ooops! I accidentally stepped on it.
06-19-2007, 20:01
Privateerkev
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
I wish to applaud you on both your endevour and your ability to crowd out all else that could be important in your life with what is essentially a glorified board game (albiet a fun one). My favorite faction is the English so I was intrigued by the notion of winning in 60 turns. But, after reading all of your posts and captions, for which I deserve both an award and years of therapy, I see now what people mean when they speak of the "spam-conquer" method of playing total war. Pretty much any game can be broken down to math and when you do that, you can figure out what is the mechanically best method to achieve victory parameters in the quickest possible time. I have just never seen such in-depth proof of this method being used, for which you deserve both praise and pity. I prefer the slower method of role-playing the British Empire but that probably has to do with the fact that I am a history grad-student studying the British Empire. I rather turn the Isles in a massive economic powerhouse and then capture colonies out of the European continent. But to each his own. If you keep the pictures coming, I'll keep reading them. We'll laugh together. We'll cry together. I just hope that one day you'll let yourself get some sleep so you can have the energy to do this test with every faction (you had to have known what you've started).
*sits back and grabs the popcorn to watch the next installment of "The British Empire Strikes Back (or first...)*
06-19-2007, 20:42
Shahed
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
LOL that's what you gotta love the English for: their English ! LMFAO ! that was very well said.
06-19-2007, 20:50
Privateerkev
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Who's english? mine? My english is good ole Midwest USA English with a touch of academic pretension thrown in for good measure. ^_^
06-19-2007, 21:07
Shahed
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
I was referring to the language, theirs. I did think think you were English. It's not the first time I've seen an American with very good English, perhaps they teach very "English_English" in the Midwest. I know a young man from thereabouts who could easily be mistaken for a very entertaining, well spoken and affluent Victorian diplomat (no pun intended).
06-19-2007, 21:30
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
Originally Posted by askthepizzaguy
In response to your first question, I honestly do not know. But you can find out! Generally, a faction with fewer provinces won't part with any. Try getting Milan to give up one of their two cities and it probably won't happen. France, England, HRE, Byzantium, and the Turks begin with multiple provinces, and they would therefore be up for grabs early on.
However, I recommend against purchasing. You can simply conquer in most cases. I simply did it to double the size of England on turn 1.
In other cases, those florins are better spent on troops. Unless you can get an extremely good bargain.
As for your second question;
Crusader/Jihad capable factions have the ability to recruit cheap troops and mercenaries and maintain them at no cost during a holy mission. This can triple the size of your army. To jumpstart this tactic, get several generals. Use town militia and cavalry to attack wandering rebels and fight non-seige battles to promote captains. Then, after you have a mess of crappy troops and a ton of generals, declare a holy war. Join EVERYone that you can to this war.
Then, recruit more town milita and cavalry and repeat while the crusade/jihad is still active (first 10 turns). You will quadruple the size of your army.
CAUTION! When the Jihad ends, or the crusade ends, you will have massive numbers of troops and NO FUNDING.
You will maintain them through deficit spending. Try to sack as many cities as possible while in debt, because you can remain afloat if you backstab anyone within range you can conquer.
Try not to lose any generals or too many troops in the process, and LET THE CITIES REBEL if you need to keep your troop levels up. When the next crusade or Jihad begins, sack it again and then keep it. Two sacks means double the florins, and equals an extermination. Unless you feel like you don't need the florins for some reason, just exterminate immediately and leave a sizeable garrison and move on (useful when there are plenty of crusader troops to recruit nearby)
Make expensive troops. They cost nothing once they join up, enabling you to build more. It's both cheap in terms of a tactic and in terms of economics.
In response to your third question, How many factions can a 900 pound gorilla knock over until everyone else gangs up on him? Answer: as many as he wants. Who cares if everyone else gangs up on you. If they declare war on you, it betters your chance of them getting excommunicated instead of you. And if you are playing the 'honorable' way, with a flawless reputation, this enables you to war with everyone without harming your rep. Although you have to play in a VERY chivalrous way to conquer the world and have a perfect reputation. (no sacking/extermination, no backstabbing, and lots and lots and lots and lots of bribes all around).
To more directly answer your question, it seems almost random. Sometimes the computer backstabs you first, all at once. Other times you're halfway through slaying two of your former allies before the world turns on you. Still others, half the continent.
But be prepared. The AI is NOT to be trusted. No one should ever be completely trusted. And since they WILL turn on you eventually, 99% of the time, why not fight them on your own terms? Backstab them.
Reputation is for the weak. Bribe the pope and just dont get excommunicated. Thats all you need to do to have both hands free to annihilate the whole world.
And the reply from Rebellious Waffle:
I just gave your suggestions a whirl on a Venice campaign -- not completely yet, I've only got 36 provinces on turn 75 -- but it's a huge improvement over what I was doing before. A few crusader stacks from Antioch provided the final push to take down the Byzantines, and a lucky Holy Roman Empire excommunication let me Crusade on Frankfurt, taking all their starting provinces and about half of France in four turns. Byzantium, most of France, Germany, Hungary, Sicily, Milan, Tunisia, Corisa and Sardinia are all mine, for a GDP of approximately 50,000 florins per turn. (Venice has great militia units, so I usually get 20,000-30,000 per turn to spend on construction, bribes and recruitment because of free city garrisons.)
Before this, I never really appreciated the awesomeness of spies and assassins -- my earlier approach was more chivalrous, not so much of a brothel to be found anywhere. (Who wants Extravagant generals?) Soon after conquering Constantinople, the Turks called a Jihad; not being enthusiastic about other people's hordes, I sent a flock of assassins out to shake hands with doorknobs.
(Jihad army - general) = (no jihad)
Long story short, Turkey lost eight family members, a gaggle of imams, some merchants and more diplomats than were strictly necessary. A ceasefire ensued -- and that lovely "failed jihad" noise that sounds like a manic-depressive accordion. Plus, Doge Bartolomeo got "the Killer" added to his name. Yay terrorism!
"Despicable" means "mad stylin' ", right?
-The above was an email exchange regarding how it is possible to be more, shall we say, proactive and expedient, in slaughtering the AI.
Use your aggressive feelings, boy. Let the hate flow. I can feel your anger. It gives you focus; makes you stronger. With each passing moment you make yourself MORE my servant!
06-19-2007, 21:48
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Privateerkev
I wish to applaud you on both your endevour and your ability to crowd out all else that could be important in your life with what is essentially a glorified board game (albiet a fun one). My favorite faction is the English so I was intrigued by the notion of winning in 60 turns. But, after reading all of your posts and captions, for which I deserve both an award and years of therapy, I see now what people mean when they speak of the "spam-conquer" method of playing total war. Pretty much any game can be broken down to math and when you do that, you can figure out what is the mechanically best method to achieve victory parameters in the quickest possible time. I have just never seen such in-depth proof of this method being used, for which you deserve both praise and pity. I prefer the slower method of role-playing the British Empire but that probably has to do with the fact that I am a history grad-student studying the British Empire. I rather turn the Isles in a massive economic powerhouse and then capture colonies out of the European continent. But to each his own. If you keep the pictures coming, I'll keep reading them. We'll laugh together. We'll cry together. I just hope that one day you'll let yourself get some sleep so you can have the energy to do this test with every faction (you had to have known what you've started).
*sits back and grabs the popcorn to watch the next installment of "The British Empire Strikes Back (or first...)*
Come, boy... see for yourself. From here you will witness the final destruction of the alliance... and the end of your insignificant rebellion. Your fleet is lost, and your friends down there on the sanctuary moon will not survive.
...There is no escape.
Yes, in response to your comments, in order to pull of this freak show of epic proportions I have had to sacrifice what could have been a life. It IS both brilliant and pitiful. Of course, the extraordinary must always make sacrifices, sometimes good, sometimes bad.
I however, do guarantee that the economic powerhouse will be achieved, eventually, and generate more wealth than doing this the relatively peaceful and honorable way. When this campaign is over, there is generally no need for standing armies at this point, and all the provinces belong to the victor. At this point, there is simply no way to spend the money fast enough. Seriously, building whatever is the most expensive in each city, all the cities combined, not even close. You almost have to have a standing army to prevent your massive bloated budget surplus from wreaking havoc on your generals non-corrupt traits.
This maximum slash-and-burn method simply gets you to the point of owning all the provinces quicker, and by that point you have all the money in the world to improve your cities... and with no need to fund armies, every settlement can be a city, and every city can be built up by you.
It is quicker to build it up yourself than let the AI do it.
Now... back to the clone wars... from the ashes of which rise the first galactic empire.
06-19-2007, 21:52
Privateerkev
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Yes but I want to play with more units than just town militia...
rofl
:D
"your overconfidence is your greatest weakness"
06-19-2007, 21:54
Rebellious Waffle
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
Use your aggressive feelings, boy. Let the hate flow. I can feel your anger. It gives you focus; makes you stronger. With each passing moment you make yourself MORE my servant!
Only now, at the end, do I understand.
06-19-2007, 22:11
Privateerkev
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
"Wars not make one great."
Also, as much as I admire how you can spam the known world with endless hordes of town militia, I just enjoy watching fully upgraded Retinue Longbowman set Elephants on fire too much to forego upgrading in order to see how quickly I can beat a program(and not even a very smart program).
06-19-2007, 22:20
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Could this be an allusion to the second star wars trilogy?
I want you to go to the Jedi temple... we will catch them off balance. Every single Jedi, including your friend, Obi-wan Kenobi, is now an enemy of the Republic.
The gungans' shield is down. Wipe them out.... all of them.
Next: A new hope, perhaps?
06-19-2007, 22:22
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Privateerkev
Yes but I want to play with more units than just town militia...
rofl
:D
"your overconfidence is your greatest weakness"
Your faith in your friends is yours.
06-19-2007, 22:28
Rebellious Waffle
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
"Never underestimate the power of a few large men on small horses to change the world."
I like seeing how much money I can leech out of Constantinople. A Fairground, Warehouse and Merchant Bank have improved the amount of trade goods to such an extent that the silk commodity there goes for about 600-700 florins per turn.
06-19-2007, 22:30
Shahed
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
HAHAHA! The Star Wars reference is great !
06-19-2007, 22:32
Privateerkev
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
Your faith in your friends is yours.
"You're a jittery little thing, aren't you?"
"But how am I to know the good side from the bad?
You will know... when you are calm, at peace, passive."
Do not be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy an entire planet is insignificant compared to the power of the force.
You have done well, lord Vader. I have a new assignment for you. I want you to go to the Mustafar system. Kill viceroy Gunray and the rest of the rebel leaders.
You are to be cast into the pit of Carkoon. In his belly you will learn a new definition of pain and suffering, as you are slowly digested over a thousand years.
A little boy named Luke Skywalker is given to his adopted parents on Tatooine. Perhaps, just perhaps, he can turn the tide back in favor of the Rebel alliance and freedom lovers everywhere.
"You've failed, your highness... I'll never turn to the Dark Side. I am a Jedi... like my father before me."
So be it... Jedi.
So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.
06-20-2007, 08:40
Guru
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
"Ohhh! Great warrior! [laughs and shakes his head]
Wars not make one great!"
The invasion of the holy land (and usage of spies):
Quote:
Don't worry, my friend's down there. He'll have that shield down in time... Or this'll be the shortest offensive of all time.
Hahah! :jester: This Star Wars theme is great.. :director: "Excellent!"
- Guru
06-21-2007, 04:28
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Now witness the final destruction of the alliance, and the end of your insignificant rebellion.
Turn 56: The Turks are crushed, and the crusade ends. Imperial forces swarm towards Baghdad. Meanwhile, Arguin, the remaining African province, and probably the most isolated and worthless piece of expletive deleted in the game, is about to be crushed.
Turn 57: I finally give the Papacy what they deserve for years of annoying messages about not attacking my fellow Christians. I am officially excommunicated at long last this turn...
But wait! I OWN the college of cardinals. Does the Pope seriously think I will let him live?
Here is a display of the public order bonus in Rome, even at maximum taxation, due to both my glory bonus, the way I strike fear into the hearts of men, and by the authority of my ruler. I make Rome my capital on the final turn.
A glimpse at the finances of my glorious empire. I may be deficit spending now, but by the time the Mongoloids arrive, my army will be sleek, streamlined, and all surplus troops will be eliminated. Also, I can finally spend money on improving my provinces.
Rest assured, in about 15 turns, I will be making perhaps 50,000 florins per turn. All I need to do is cut my massive, redundant armies in half.
How I got un-excommunicated. Hint: I own all the cardinals. My official relations with the Papacy are now Neutral. I guess they finally got the hint that it is unwise to challenge my rule. The millions slaughtered along the way might have been a clue.
For those of you paying attention, here it is: The original faction heir of Scotland, still sitting harmlessly next to my still undefended Dublin. I told you at the very beginning that they would never, ever move. I guess the Canmores are (slang term for part of the female anatomy, plural).
Now nothing left to do but wait for the Morons and the Timids to arrive.
Only now, at the end, do you understand... You will pay the price for your lack of vision.
Now, young Skywalker... you will die.
Bwahahahahaha!!!
06-21-2007, 06:21
Privateerkev
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
*remains unimpressed because you lost 81 battles*
jk!
;)
"The more you tighten your grip, the more [regions] will slip through your fingers..."
06-21-2007, 07:49
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
[QUOTE=Privateerkev]*remains unimpressed because you lost 81 battles*
QUOTE]
LOL
Umm, in my defense, I never attempted to have a navy. I used mercenary ships, mostly, and I let them get eaten alive by pirates.
Pirates do not concern me, admiral. I want those territories, not excuses.
So yes, I lost almost all the naval battles. What good is a navy when you have zero territories? Navies are more of a drain on resources than having your own PORTS blockaded.
And the computer counts all engagements you retreat from as losses, I believe.
Brave Sir Robin ran away.
Bravely ran away, away!
When danger reared its ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled.
Yes, brave Sir Robin turned about
And gallantly he chickened out.
Bravely taking to his feet
He beat a very brave retreat,
Bravest of the brave, Sir Robin!
He is packing it in and packing it up
And sneaking away and buggering up
And chickening out and pissing off home,
Yes, bravely he is throwing in the sponge.
And for those of you who wanted the whole thing, here's the beginning:
Bravely bold Sir Robin rode forth from Camelot.
He was not afraid to die, O brave Sir Robin!
He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways,
Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin!
He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp,
Or to have his eyes gouged out, and his elbows broken;
To have his kneecaps split, and his body burned away;
And his limbs all hacked and mangled, brave Sir Robin!
His head smashed in and his heart cut out
And his liver removed and his bowels unplugged
And his nostrils raped and his bottom burned off
And his pen-- Uh, I think that's enough singing for today!
And yet more silliness from silly Camelot (it's only a model), which is indeed a silly, silly place.
We're Knights of the Round Table,
We dance whenever we're able,
We do routines and chorus scenes
With footwork impeccable.
We dine well here in Camelot,
We eat ham and jam and spam a lot.
We're Knights of the Round Table,
Our show are formidable,
But many times, we're given rhymes
That are quite unsingable.
We're Opera mad in Camelot,
We sing from the diaphragm
a lot!
In war we're tough and able,
Quite indefatigable,
Between our quests we sequin vests,
And impersonate Clark Gable.
It's a busy life in Camelot,
I have to push the pram a lot.
06-21-2007, 12:28
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Just a quick update: I am in the process of crushing the Mongrels. I will be uploading photos of my endless horde of red and yellow clad troops and their 30 generals advancing towards 5 little stacks of barbarian scum.
The Jedi have apparently hidden their reserve force from the Emperor's sight. Not that it will make any difference. I will repel their feeble offensive and upload the proof to this comm network for all to see.
This will teach the fools to fight for their freedom. They underestimate the power of the dark side.
Who wants to see my ridiculous reserve of an all-general stack? Keep in mind, this is turn 65 or so. Not turn 265, where all general stacks are more common.
06-22-2007, 11:04
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Thus begins the great war between the heroes of the British Empire and the full force of the Golden Horde.
Because cavalry sucks under the control of the AI, I allowed my infantry divisions to be under computer control, and met the Mongols with a full cavalry stack under my direct control. The battle is on the northeastern steppes, Sarkel region, in winter, with fresh snowfall. The ground will be soaked with blood after this great battle. I have four stacks attacking 2 Mongol stacks. Let's hope my other stacks bother to show up.
The Mongols employ their cowardly horse archer strategy of shooting from afar. Too afraid to meet us sword to sword, they circle us and fire. Their infantry is now completely exposed to a full charge.
A wave of swords on horseback descend upon the mongol infantry. My horses trample over most of them, leaving little meat remaining to be butchered by my noble men.
And thus ends the final epic battle of the English campaign. None dare oppose me now, as I present the bodies of the fallen swine to thier Khan. Gift-wrapped, and with a warning....
Don't mess with the British Empire!
-fin-
06-29-2007, 18:14
Monsieur Alphonse
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Monsieur Alphonse sings:
Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the eh.. grassy plains
Nice story.
I actually feel a little sorry for the Mongols. They never had a chance. Wait I don't feel sorry. Great slaughter of those pesky stinking barbarians. :charge: :hmg:
PS The goats will be happy.:laugh4:
06-29-2007, 19:08
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Monsieur Alphonse
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Monsieur Alphonse sings:
Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the eh.. grassy plains
Nice story.
I actually feel a little sorry for the Mongols. They never had a chance. Wait I don't feel sorry. Great slaughter of those pesky stinking barbarians. :charge: :hmg:
PS The goats will be happy.:laugh4:
Thank you Monsieur Alphonse!
I have a question for everyone who enjoyed this thread...
Since due to eventual inactivity, this thread that I worked so hard on will eventually die.
Who here wants me to start another thread like this one?
Any suggestions?
06-30-2007, 17:32
Privateerkev
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
I think that if you have the time and inclination, you could do this for every single faction. Though I did say that earlier in the thread. Also, are you going to show us what happens when the Timurids show up? Or go take the English Empire to their rightful place in the New World?
Good Job!
^_^
06-30-2007, 18:51
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Privateerkev
I think that if you have the time and inclination, you could do this for every single faction. Though I did say that earlier in the thread. Also, are you going to show us what happens when the Timurids show up? Or go take the English Empire to their rightful place in the New World?
Good Job!
^_^
Well, Privateer, no... I am not going to show the Timurid invasion or sail to the new world. That takes so much time and many, many turns. In the meanwhile, I have over 100 provinces that need serious micromanagement every turn to prevent rebellion. Since I could squash the invaders easily, and because it would be such a tedious challenge to get there... I believe at this point I have made my point. However, a faction like the Byzantine Empire or Russia should be able to do so, because they lack the crusade function and would still probably be in the process of conquering the world when the Timurids arrive.
As for the new world, the event that triggers the ability to sail there takes far too long in my opinion. Consider it a character flaw... Once you have all 106 provinces in the Old World, You have to agree that there is no challenge conquering the new. There is such thing as overkill.
But I thank you very much for taking the time to read my story.
I don't believe I will be doing any more 'speed runs', because in order to prove that I did not cheat, I will have to post a picture of every turn. That is a very tedious thing and it takes a long time to convert over 300 images and load them on the web.
Instead, I will now be focusing on visual strategy guides.
But fear not, for the day may come when I decide to tell the tale of a glorious empire once again... perhaps not until all regions are captured... maybe until long campaign victory conditions.
Thanks again!
07-01-2007, 04:06
Privateerkev
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
Originally Posted by askthepizzaguy
Well, Privateer, no... I am not going to show the Timurid invasion or sail to the new world. That takes so much time and many, many turns. In the meanwhile, I have over 100 provinces that need serious micromanagement every turn to prevent rebellion. Since I could squash the invaders easily, and because it would be such a tedious challenge to get there... I believe at this point I have made my point. However, a faction like the Byzantine Empire or Russia should be able to do so, because they lack the crusade function and would still probably be in the process of conquering the world when the Timurids arrive.
As for the new world, the event that triggers the ability to sail there takes far too long in my opinion. Consider it a character flaw... Once you have all 106 provinces in the Old World, You have to agree that there is no challenge conquering the new. There is such thing as overkill.
But I thank you very much for taking the time to read my story.
I don't believe I will be doing any more 'speed runs', because in order to prove that I did not cheat, I will have to post a picture of every turn. That is a very tedious thing and it takes a long time to convert over 300 images and load them on the web.
Instead, I will now be focusing on visual strategy guides.
But fear not, for the day may come when I decide to tell the tale of a glorious empire once again... perhaps not until all regions are captured... maybe until long campaign victory conditions.
Thanks again!
I think your just afraid to admit that your afraid of Oliphants! ;)
j/k
07-01-2007, 09:06
Askthepizzaguy
Re: England: Turn by turn (links provided here)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Privateerkev
I think your just afraid to admit that your afraid of Oliphants! ;)
j/k
Oh, you think so?
Just wait until the Egyptian strategy guide is finished... then you will have a giant pile of dead Mongrels and Timids.
